OS X and NuBUS-my two cents

[Eric B]

I haven't upgraded my machine yet, but yes, part of the fun is seeing if 
it can be done, the thrill of the hack.  I don't believe it would be 
practical with the lack of speed and such.  Even after it's done, how 
many apps can you run simultaneously and how much RAM do you have left? 
I think I'd have to install a fire extinguisher in the nubs machine 
just for safety's sake, heh heh.

Personally, I don't have the need or the desire to run X on my Mac.  I'm 
a bit curious, because I might try it someday.  I've toyed with my 
friend's Mac with X on it, and it's nice, but why sacrifice 128 megs of 
RAM just for the operating system?  It's impractical to me.  I'm happy 
with my hacked 9.2.2, and I keep an identical hard drive with 9.1 on it 
so I can use my voodoo3 card for some games.  Eventually I'll have to 
upgrade to a better machine after 5 years or so, but until then I'm 
happy with 9.  Whatever knowledge of X on hacked machines is valuable to 
me though.

Funny story:  I was in my local thrift store when I came across Mac OS X 
server (the version before the regular Mac OS X came out).  It was going 
for $5.  I even asked the cashier if they mistakenly priced it, thinking 
it was $15 or $50, but they said $5.  At the time it wouldn't run on my 
Mac, so I sold it on ebay which someone bought for $75 (not my reserve 
price, just the price they were willing to pay).  :-)

Eric

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